Finally (sigh of relief)

I went out Monday to chase the little white ball. A little recap of my last few rounds ... I think I shot 54 or 56 last time out, 59 before that, and 60 something before that. So my two rounds at 52 earlier were apparently an anomaly.

Anyway, we do something at work where if you exercise for X minutes per week and month you get points that you can trade in for shirts and shit at the company store. The current gig is a chance to win NASCAR gear if you exercise 125 min each week for 2 months. Golf is how I decided to get the majority of my minutes this week - it counts as long as I walk.

I started out double bogey, double bogey. The third is a par 3, I slice it into the soybean field and end up triple bogeying that hole. Well, another round of at least mid 50's on the way. I looked at my scorecard on the 4th tee, saw I had 19 strokes and had to average 5 per hole on the final 6 to break 50.

I duff my drive. But I recover and bogey (5) the 4th. Some how after those first 3 holes, something changed in my game. I got a bit more confident for some reason ... not that I had any previous good shots to build on, but I ended up playing the final 6 in 4 over par, including pars on two of the last 3 holes and shoot 48.

Finally I break 50 on the year. What a sigh of relief.